Pteropus poliocephalus
1 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Reid, ACT
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| Pteropus poliocephalus | 11 Jan 2024 | Caroline.Hennessy |
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User's notes
Caught foot in our sliding door and was banging on the window with its wing.
7 comments
Caroline.Hennessy
wrote:
11 Jan 2024
Looks like a juvenile and it is also alone, potentially injured and away from the colony. Please call ACT Wildlife
DonFletcher
wrote:
11 Jan 2024
Hi @Caroline.Hennessy, From these photos the wings look black rather than red-brown and there looks to be fur all the way down the legs. (That would suggest grey headed flying fox.)
DonFletcher
wrote:
11 Jan 2024
Hi @Caroline.Hennessy , just so I am sure I understand, it shows above that you confirmed it as LRFF but are you now saying it is a GHFF? Also where you say 'Please call ACT Wildlife', have you done that or do you need someone else to do, if so I need the address where it is located now, cheers
Caroline.Hennessy
wrote:
11 Jan 2024
Hi, this is not my sighting. I was approving the sighting and on my end it says I approved it as a GHFF. My recommendation was for the original poster to contact ACTW.
JanetRussell
wrote:
21 Jan 2024
It is my sighting and I lifted it in the air using a dustpan - it pushed off from it and it flew off and landed in the Eucalyptus tree 10 metres away. They frequently roost in these trees. Janet Russell
Location information
- Coordinates 149.139344-35.287308
- Altitude 571.3m
- Places Reid, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Jan 2024 05:55 AM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- JanetRussell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Pteropus poliocephalus Flying Foxes & Other Megabats Bats Mammals
Species information
- Pteropus poliocephalus Scientific name
- Grey-headed Flying-fox Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -0.66m to 802.28m Recorded at altitude
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